Mongolian five-toed jerboa

Mongolian five-toed jerboa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Allactaga
Subgenus: Orientallactaga
Species: A. sibirica
Binomial name
Allactaga sibirica
(Forster, 1778)
Synonyms

Allactaga alactaga
Allactaga grisescens
Allactaga mongolica
Allactaga salicus
Allactaga semideserta
Allactaga suschkini
Dipus brachyurus
Dipus halticus
Dipus saltator

The Mongolian five-toed jerboa or Siberian jerboa (Allactaga sibirica) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Turkmenistan.

References

  1. Batsaikhan, N.; Avirmed, D.; Tinnin, D.; Sukhchuluun, G. & Lkhagvasuren, D. (2008). "Allactaga sibirica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  • Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Family Dipodidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 871–893. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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